Secrets of Dirty Dancing

Published on December 24, 2019 By Chloe Draws

Controversial topics were screened

When Dirty Dancing came out in theaters, abortions were illegal in the United States and sponsors of the movie were forced to pull out as they did not want to be affiliated with this. After the producers realized the knock on effect, they begged Eleanor Bergstein to take out the scene but she refused and said

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“Hey, I would love to, but I can’t because if I take it out everything will fall apart.’There’s no reason for Baby to meet Johnny, for Penny not to be able to dance, for Baby to learn to dance with Johnny, for her to make love with Johnny — there’s no story without that.”